The results for the Diversity Visa (DV) lottery 2025 will be available online from May 4, 2024, the U.S. Department of State has announced.
Persons who registered between October 4, 2023, and November 7, 2023, can check the status of their application from noon (EDT) May 4, 2024.
The DV Lottery grants 50,000 people green cards to live in the United States after being randomly selected in a lottery.
Results will only be available on the US Department of State website.
To check the results of your entry, you will need your confirmation number, year of birth, last name and pass a simple security check to prove you are human.
How to check 2025 DV Lottery results
- Visit the U.S Department of State website https://dvprogram.state.gov/
- Click CHECK STATUS and CONTINUE
- Enter your Confirmation Number (Example: 2025xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
- Enter Last Name or Family Name
- Enter Year of Birth
- Carefully look at the security code provided and enter it correctly
- Hit SUBMIT.
- The next page tells if you have been selected for further processing or not.
The DV 2025 entrants registered between October 4, 2023 and November 7, 2023. DV-2025 Entrants should keep their confirmation number until at least September 30, 2025.
The US State Department will begin processing visas and conducting interviews for the eventual winners starting in October 2024, with those who pass the interviews, background checks, and other qualifications such as high school education and/or work experience would be granted permanent resident visas.
The Diversity Visa program, which is administered by the State Department, makes 50,000 permanent resident visas available annually to nationals of countries with low immigration rates to the United States over the previous five years.
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